Mui's mother refused to pay her lawyer and has now been handed bankruptcy order by the Court.

梅媽拒付訟費被頒破產
[2012-04-26]Share

本報記者吳清廉、黃文靜香港報道 (Sing Tao Newspaper)


已故影星梅艷芳的母親覃美金早前在爭奪遺產案中敗訴，梅媽多次指出代表她訴訟的趙司徒鄭律師行作出疏忽行為，不肯給予律師費，除非她在遺產案中勝訴。法庭二十五日裁決時指，詐騙只是梅媽一面之詞，而律師行亦沒有疏忽，故下令梅媽破產及賠償二百二十二萬多予律師行。
成為破產人士的梅媽（圖）語氣平靜說：「多謝關心，多謝關心。」她稍後去信到破產管理局表明會上訴。但她的長子梅啟明表現激動：「不公平，又要破產又要賠錢，會抗爭到底。」阿梅早前在遺囑中表示從遺產基金中每月給予梅媽七萬元生活費，後梅媽爭取至十萬。梁永鏗律師表示，破產主任會在十萬中扣除梅媽的生活費後，其餘的則用來還債。
高院判詞中指，負債人梅媽認為阿梅的「契媽」及銀行職員在早前處理阿梅的遺產管理審訊的案件中有串謀成分，認為債權人趙司徒鄭律師行在有關案件中未有公開所有的資料予法庭，有誤導法庭裁決及疏忽之嫌；梅媽又稱成功爭奪遺產才會給律師費。法官認為，梅媽的說法不合理，律師行沒有作出疏忽行為。

Will be translated later.

HSBC filed application to declare bankruptcy for Mui's brother

匯豐申請梅明破產 (Sing Tao Daily)

[2012-05-03] 2012 May 3rd

本報訊

已故天后梅艷芳胞兄梅明，多次就胞妹的遺產到法庭興訟，但都敗訴，日前梅艷芳遺產信託人匯豐國際信託有限公司，入稟高院申請他破產。本年初梅明及胞弟梅德明，入稟控告匯豐國際信託，要求賠償十五億元，但法庭認為二人不是遺產受益人，剔除他們的申索，並下令兩人支付懲罰性訟費近十八萬元。

HSBC International Trust Co. Ltd., the company that is the trustee for Anita's Estate, has put in application to the High Court to declare bankruptcy for Mui's brother (the oldest brother).

At the beginning of this year, he and his (younger) brother were suing HSBC, claiming for $1.5 billion compensation. The case was thrown out of the Court because the two brothers are not the beneficiaries of the Estate. The two were then ordered by the Court to pay out $180,000 legal fees for this lawsuit.

Mui's mother is applying for having her monthly allowances going back to $120,000 per month.

破產梅媽申請生活費恢復12萬

[2012-07-07]Share

本報記者彭嘉賢香港報道


已故歌星梅艷芳的母親覃美金（見圖），因拖欠律師費被頒令破產後，每月仍可從梅艷芳遺產中領取七萬五千元生活費，不過，「梅媽」並不甘心，要求破產管理署將生活費還原至每月十二萬元，又不滿被扣起生果金及政府派發的六千元，六日向高等法院申請豁免「上繳」這些資產，法官押後裁決。
破產管理署六日同意先向梅媽發放本月及下月合共十五萬元生活費，但此舉令梅艷芳的遺產只剩下八、九萬元現金，日後要變賣物業才可應付梅媽的生活費。
梅媽在梅艷芳爭產案敗訴後，因為拖欠二百三十萬元律師費，今年四月被高院頒令破產，因此其財產須上繳破產信託人保管，但梅媽不滿破產管理署將她每月可從阿梅遺產中領取的十二萬元生活費，削減至七萬五千元，又扣起其生果金及政府派發的六千元，故要求法庭頒令其生活費不應計入破產人士的財產之內，以及批准她每月繼續領十二萬元生活費，以應付日常開支，梅媽六日在庭上投訴，「咁樣對一個老人家，好唔公道」。
破產管理署一方六日回應稱，梅媽的生活費應該當作其財產一部分，交由破產信託人保管，而且法庭亦須顧及債權人的利益。

From MingPao (June 13, 2012). This piece of news below actually came a few weeks before the SingTao news clip posted just above.
破產署扣生活費 梅媽庭上激到暈 (2012年6月13日)
【明報專訊】已故歌星梅艷芳的母親覃美金（梅媽），過去數年不斷為與梅艷芳生前立下的基金爭奪逾億元遺產，欠下近230萬律師費，今年4月被頒令破產。梅媽昨為被破產管理署扣除生活費問題到高院「申訴」，說到激動處更當場暈倒，最終要召喚救護車送院。
Mui's mother owes her lawyer(s) approximately $2.3 million dollars legal service fees, and got a bankruptcy declaration order in April.

She was at the court house complaining about her living expenses, but fainted while she was making her complaint, so an ambulance was called to take her to the hospital.